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KTJLES AND REGULATIONS 



OF THE 



SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 



OF THE 



CITY OF SALEM, 



ADOPTED OCTOBER 15th, 1866. 




SALEM: 

PRINTED AT THE OBSERVER OFFICE. 

1866. 



EULES AND REGULATIONS 



OF THE 



SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 



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ADOPTED OCTOBER 15th, 1866. 




SALEM: 

printed at the observer office. 

1866. 



EULES OF THE BOARD, 



CHAPTER I. 

ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD. 

Section. 1. The Mayor shall be Chairman of the Board, 
as provided in the City Charter, and in case of his absence 
or his disability from any cause, all his powers and duties 
shall devolve upon the President of the Common Council, or 
upon the Chairman of the First, Second, or Third Visiting 
Committee, who shall have precedence according to tho 
above order. 

Sec. 2, At the organization of the Board, and whenever 
the office becomes vacant, a Secretar}^ shall be appointed by 
ballot, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board. 

Sec. 3. The City Messenger shall be Messenger of the 
Board. 

Sec. 4. The Standing Committees of the Board shall be 
an Executive Committee and three Y T isiting Committees. 

CHAPTER II. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

"Section 1 . It shall be the duty of the Chairman to pre- 
side at all meetings of the Board. He shall be authorized to 
call special meetings of the Board, and shall be required to 
do so upon the request of any three members. He shall 
call a special meeting for the purpose of organization, within 
one week after the fourth Monday in January. 



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Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a 
permanent record of all the proceedings of the Board, to 
preserve files of all communications addressed to the Board, 
and of all reports of Committees ; to notify all meetings of 
the Board, and of the several Committees, by causing a 
written notification to be left by the Messenger at the resi- 
dence of each member; to cause to be printed, as soon as 
may be after the organization of the Board, a list of the 
members thereof, with the schools to the charge of which 
they are specially assigned, and to furnish copies of the 
same to members of the Board, and Principals of the schools ; 
and to perform such other clerical duties as the Board may 
from time to time direct. 

Sec. 3. It shali be the duty of the Messenger to cause the 
rooms, assigned for the use of the Board and its sub-commit- 
tees, to be in readiness for their meetings ; to deliver all 
notifications, documents, and messages ; and to perform all 
duties appropriate to his office, as he may be directed by the 
Chairman, Secretary, or any member of the Board. 



CHAPTER III, 

OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. 

Section 1 . Agreeably to the City Ordinance of December 
29, 1865, a the Board shall elect by ballot annually, on the 
third Monday of March, and whenever a vacancy shall occur, 
a Superintendent of Public Schools, who shall enter upon 
his duties upon the first day of April ; or if chosen to fill a 
vacancy, at such date as the Board shall specify. 

Sec. 2. The Superintendent shall have, under the direc- 
tion and control of the Board, the care and supervision 
of all the Schools, and shall by continuous and systematic 
visitation of them, make and keep himself thoroughly 
acquainted with their condition, and labor for their 
improvement. It shall be expected of him, that he may 

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-the better fulfil this duty, to study also, so far as practi- 
cable, other school systems and the general progress of 
education. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to 
attend all meetings of the Board, and, when required, of the 
Visiting and Executive Committees ; and when called upon 
through the Chairman of the Board, or of any Committee, to 
communicate any information he may have upon the matter 
under discussion, and any opinion he may deem important 
toward the result of the discussion. 

Sec. 4, The Superintendent shall have an office in the 
City Hall, and it shall be his duty to be in his office each day 
one-half hour before, and one-half hour after the morning 
session of the Grammar and Primary Schools ; and also on 
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from two to three 
o'clock. It shall be his business in these hours to receive all 
communications from any source relative to the condition of 
the schools, to hear all complaints of Principals against sub- 
ordinates and pupils, and of parents or guardians against 
teachers, and to adjudicate, or dismiss, or report to the Board 
these complaints, as the case may require, and he shall advise 
with the Special Committees in relation thereto. Provided, 
that any alleged misconduct shall be carefully investigated, 
and any penalty affixed shall be prescribed in writing 5 and 
provided also, that from any decision of the Superintendent, 
there may be an appeal to the Board. In case of the illness 
of the Superintendent, or other temporary absence, he shall 
notify the Chairman of the Board, and they shall jointly 
make such arrangement of the office business as shall be 
deemed most expedient. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, under 
the direction of the Visiting Committees, to advise and 
direct teachers relative to all questions of instruction and 
discipline ; to secure the due subordination and coordination 
of the schools, and the pursuit of a uniform course of study 
in all which arc of the same grade ; to see that the prescribed 
text-books are used, and all the Regulations of the schools 
are properly enforced ; to appoint and prescribe the method 



of conducting the examinations for admissions to the schools, 
and for promotions within them ; to control the transfer of 
scholars from one school to another of the same grade, and 
to countersign certificates of transfer ; to take cognizance of 
all cases of truancy and non-attendance, and see that the laws 
affecting such cases are executed, and to secure the general 
and regular attendance of all pupils by every means practi- 
cable ; to prescribe the forms for Record Books, and returns 
of school statistics ; to see that all returns are made, and to 
receive and record the same ; and to promote the unity of 
the whole corps of teachers, and the excellence of the whole 
school-system. 

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, under 
the direction of the Executive Committee, to exercise suita- yf 
ble care of the school-houses, yards, and appurtenances, the ( 
methods of heating and ventilating, and all the arrangements 
affecting the health and comfort of the teachers and pupils ; 
to see that the janitors are efficient, prudent, and careful of 
the public interests in their hands ; to superintend all author- 
ized repairs, alterations, and supplies; and to procure fuel 
and all necessary articles of furniture, and contract for such 
books, stationery, maps and apparatus as it may be neces- 
sary to furnish at the expense of the City. 

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to 
cause to'be printed all necessary blanks for the use of the 
Board, the Standing Committees, the teachers, and himself; 
to keep an adequate supply of these blanks, as well as of 
Registers, and Record Books, and to furnish them when 
called for ; and to procure, under the direction of the First 
Visiting Committee, the diplomas, medals, and prizes, to be 
awarded under the rules, and to cause them to be properly 
inscribed. 

Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to pre- 
pare and present to the Board, such special reports as the 
Board may from time to time require, and also, on the 
third Monday in March of each year, a general report of 
his labors for the year then closing, accompanied by such 
statistical tables, and such suggestions in regard to the 



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increase of the efficiency and usefulness of the schools as 
he may deem advisable. 

CHAPTER IV. 

VISITING COMMITTEES. 

Section 1. As soon as may be after the annual organiza- 
tion, three Visiting Committees shall be appointed by the 
Chairman, in such manner that each elected member of 
the Board shall be a member of a Visiting Committee. 

The First Visiting Committee shall consist of two or 
more members, who shall have charge of the High School. 

The Second Visiting Committee shall consist of seven or 
more members, who shall have charge of the Grammar 
Schools. 

The Third Visiting Committee shall consist of seven or 
more members, who shall have charge of the Primary 
Schools. 

Sec. 2. The Visiting Committees, as soon as may be after 
their appointment, shall each elect a Chairman by ballot. 

Sec. 3. The Chairman of each Visiting Committee shall 
designate a Special Committee of one or more members, for 
each of the Schools. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the several Visiting Com- 
mittees to regulate the course of study in the schools under 
their charge, and to recommend Text Books for the same. 
It shall be the duty of the Second and Third Visiting Com- 
mittees also, to prescribe the district limits of each of their 
schools. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of each member to maintain 
a careful oversight of the school or schools placed under his 
charge ; and for this purpose, he shall, in conformity with 
the laws of the Commonwealth* , visit such school or schools 
on some day during the first two weeks, and on some day 
during the last two weeks of each term, and also at least 
once in each month, without giving previous notice to the 
teachers. 

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Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Visiting 'Committees in 
-general, and of the Special Committees in particular, to see 
that the requisite supervision of the schools is exercised by 
the Superintendent, to fully consult with, advise and direct 
him relative to the instruction, discipline, and general 
welfare of the schools, and to call his attention to any mat- 
ters affecting the same, which they may observe in their 
visitations. 

Sec. 7. The Chairman of each Visiting Committee shall 
prepare, or cause to be prepared, the Annual Reports upon 
the schools under his care ; which Reports shall be laid 
before the Visiting Committees as soon as may be after the 
Examinations, and, when approved, shall be submitted to 
-the Board, on or before the third Monday of January of each 
year. 

Sec. 8. Each Visiting Committee shall have power to 
relieve teachers and scholars from the enforcement of the 
-Regulations in extraordinary cases. 

Sec. 9. The Special Committee of each school is author- 
ized to expend a sum of money not to exceed fifty dollars per 
finnum, for incidental expenses of said school, 

CHAPTER V. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

Section 1. The Executive Committee shall consist of the 
Mayor, the President of the Common Council, and the D"WJ 
"Vv^wsVwUil Clniiwinw nf each Visiting Committee AVta, cXv*rt>wU>« W$L (Lovu 
Sec. 2. The duties of the Executive Committee shall be 
as follows : 

I. To prepare the Annual Report and the Annual Re- 
turns and Certificate required by law to be transmitted to 
the Secretary of the Board of Education. 

II. To report upon the expediency of altering or repairing 
school-houses, and to contract for such special alterations 
and repairs as may be authorized by the Board. 

III. To authorize and direct the Superintendent of 



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Schools in procuring all necessary supplies and in making all j\s 
necessary purchases for the benefit of the Schools. 

IV. To appoint Janitors of the various school buildings, 
who shall be amenable to the Superintendent of Schools. 

V. To receive and audit all accounts against the Board, w 
which may be done by any two members of the Committee. 

YI. To recommend the Salaries to be paid to Teachers and 
Janitors, to prepare and report estimates of all appropria- 
tions which may be required for the use of the School Com- 
mittee, and to present the same, when approved by the 
Board, for the consideration of the City Council, on or be- 
fore the fourth Monday in April. 

VII. To recommend, in their annual or special reports, 
such measures as they shall deem adapted to promote the 
economy and efficiency, of the system of public instruction. 

Sec. 3. The Annual Report shall comprise copies of or 
extracts from the Annual Reports of the Executive and Vis- 
iting Committees, with such other matter as may be deemed 
proper, and shall, after being approved 03- the Board, be 
printed in sufficient season to be transmitted to the 
Secretary of the Board of Education, together with the 
Annual Certificate and Return required by law. 

Sec. 4. The Executive Committee shall regularly meet 
once in each month, at such times as they shall appoint ; 
and shall hold special meetings whenever the Chairman, at 
his own instance, or upon the request of any member, shall 
direct the Secretary to notify the same ; and three members 
shall constitute a quorum. 



CHAPTER VI. 

RULES OF ORDER. 

Section 1. The regular meetings of the Board shall be 
held on the third Monday of each month, at such hour as 
the Board may determine. Special meetings shall be held 
at such times as the Board may order ; or whenever the 
Chairman may direct, as provided in Chapter II. 



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Sec. 2. The Chairman shall declare the meeting adjourn- 
ed at 10 o'clock, P. M., whenever the Board may be in ses- 
sion at that hour. 

Sec. 3. At each meeting the Board shall come to order 
at the hour appointed, and after reading the record of the 
preceding meeting the Secretary shall call the roll and record 
the names of the members present. 

Sec- 4. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quo- 
rum for the transaction of business. 

Sec. 5. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if any 
member of the Board so request. 

Sec. 6. When a question is under debate, no motion 
shall be received but to adjourn ; to lay on the table ; to or- 
der the previous question; to postpone to a day certain : to 
commit; to amend ; or to postpone indefinitely ; which sev- 
eral motions shall have precedence in the order in which 
they are above named. 

Sec. 7. A motion to adjourn shall be always in order, 
unless a member has the floor, or a question has been put 
and not decided, and shall be decided without debate ; pro- 
vided, that any member, who wishes to introduce new busi- 
ness, may state briefty his desire before the question is put 
on the motion to adjourn. 

Sec. 8. No member shall speak more than once, nor 
longer than ten minutes, on any question, until every mem- 
ber who chooses has spoken thereon. 

Sec. .9. Every member present when the question is put, 
shall vote thereon ; unless the Board, for special reasons 
given before the vote is taken, shall excuse him. 

Sec. 10. The vote on any question shall be taken by yeas 
and nays, whenever one third of i;he members present so 
require. 

Sec. 11. The Chairman shall vote in all cases of ballot ; 
and whenever the Board is equally divided ; whenever his 
vote, if given with the minority, would defeat a measure ; 
and on proposed changes in books ; but he may vote in all 
other ^cases. 



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Sec. 12. While a main question is still pending, any 
subsidiary vote relating thereto may be reconsidered by the 
vote of a majority of the members present. But, when the 
main question has been decided, no motion to reconsider the 
same shall be made, except at the same meeting, or at the 
next meeting in pursuance of a notice given at the same 
meeting ; and only one motion to reconsider any vote may 
be made at an}' one meeting. All motions to reconsider, 
except when previous notice has been given, shall lie over 
for one meeting. 

Sec. 13. All Special Committees shall be appointed by 
the Chair, unless, in any case, the Board otherwise order. 

Sec. 14. Whenever a Committee,, to whom any subject 
has been referred, neglects to report within one month, or 
at the time at which it was instructed to report, the Board 
may proceed to act upon the subject referred. 

Sec. 15. When a report recommends any specific action 
on the part of the Board, it shall do so in the form of an 
order or resolution. The acceptance of a report shall in no 
case be held to imply the adoption of the same, or any part 
thereof. 

Sec. 10. No motion, authorizing the expenditure of a 
sum of money exceeding fifty dollars, shall be acted on at 
the same meeting at which it is introduced. 

Sec. 17. The consent of a majority of the members shall 
be requisite for the suspension of any rule of the Board, or 
Regulation of the schools unless the proposal for the same 
has lain on the table at least one week, when the consent of 
a majority of the members present shall be sufficient. 

Sec. 18. Any proposition involving the amendment or 
repeal of a Rule or Regulation, shall be referred to such 
Standing or Special Committee as the Board may designate. 
The proposed change shall be made, if a majority of the 
members present vote in favor thereof, provided that at least 
one week has elapsed since the proposal was made. 

Sec. 19. All questions of order shall be decided by the 
Chair. Any member may appeal from the decision of the 
Chair, and the question shall be decided by the Board. 



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Sec. 20. The Board shall sit with closed doors whenever 
one-third of the members thereof, present and voting, shall 
deem it advisable. 



CHAPTER VII. 

APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS AND THEIR SALARIES. 

Section 1. In July, annually, each Visiting Committee 
shall report to the Board, the names of all the Teachers then 
connected with the several schools under their supervision, 
whose reelection they recommend. They may also recom- 
mend candidates, to fill the places of those whom they do 
not propose for reappointment. The Board shall then pro- 
ceed to ballot for the choice of teachers, for each school 
separately. Eleven votes shall be necessary to elect. 

Teachers chosen as provided in this section, shall enter 
upon their duties, on the first day of September following, 
at which time the official term of all teachers shall be deemed 
to have expired. 

Sec. 2. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Prin- 
cipal of any school, the proper Visiting Committee shall 
report a candidate or candidates to the Board, after having 
made suitable examinations, concerning the fitness of the 
persons whose names are reported, for which purpose they 
may, if thought necessary, allow the candidates to teach for 
a short time on trial. The Board shall then proceed to 
ballot, and eleven votes shall be necessary to elect. 

Sec. 3. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of Sub- 
Principal or Assistant in any school, it shall be filled by the 
Visiting Committee, having charge of such school. For 
this purpose, the Chairman of the Committee, in connection 
with the Special Committee of the school, after advising 
with the Principal, with authority, if thought necessary, to 
allow the candidates to teach for a short time on trial, shall 
propose a candidate or candidates for election, and a majority 
of the votes cast shall be necessary to elect. All such ap- 



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pointments shall be reported to the Board, for approval at ) V 
its next meeting, and shall no longer be valid if such appro- 
val be withheld. 

Sec. 4. Whenever a teacher in any school is temporarily 
absent, the Special Committee of that School shall, if cir- 
cumstances render it expedient, appoint a substitute, who 
shall receive for each week of service, two per cent, of the 
yearly salary of the absent teacher, and proportionally for 
parts of a week ; such compensation to be paid from the 
city treasury. The amount thus paid shall be deducted from 
the salary of the permanent teacher, unless the Board shall 
otherwise order. No substitute so appointed, shall continue 
more than one month unless approved by the Board. 

Sec. 5. All appointments of Teachers, except to fill va- 
cancies, shall be made for the term of one year, unless, for 
any reason, the Board shall think proper to dismiss a teacher 
at any other time, in conformity with the laws of the Com- 
monwealth. 41 

Sec. 6. In April, annually, the Executive Committee 
shall recommend the amount of salary to be paid to each 
teacher, and the Board shall then fix the salaries for the 
year commencing on the first day of July next ensuing. 

Sec. 7. No person shall be appointed, or permitted, to- 
teach in any school, except as herein provided. 

CHAPTER Till. 

BOOKS. 

Sec. 1. If any scholar is not furnished by his parent, 
master or guardian, Avith the requisite books, he shall be 
supplied therewith in the manner following : The Principal 
of the school at which such scholar attends, shall send to 
such parent, master or guardian, a written notice, specify- 
ing the books required, with the prices thereof, andrequest- 

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ing that they may be furnished forthwith ; and the notice, if 
returned with a certificate from the parent, master or guar- 
dian, setting forth pecuniary disability or other good reason 
for not complying with such request, shall, after being sub- 
mitted to the Superintendent of Schools, and approved in 
writing by him, be a sufficient authority to the Principal to 
furnish such pupil with the books therein named at the cost 
of the city. And if such notice be not so returned within 
one week from the date thereof, a copy shall be sent by the 
Principal to the Superintendent, whose approval, certified 
thereon, shall authorize the Principal to furnish the required 
books as above provided. 

Sec. 2. The Superintendent, under the direction of the 
Executive Committee, shall make a written contract with 
one or more booksellers, for a suppty of the books which it 
may become necessary to furnish at the expense of the city, 
stipulating therein, the prices of all the books required to 
be used in the several schools. 

Sec. 3. The Principal shall keep a record of all the books 
furnished to pupils at the expense of the city, specifying the 
names of the recipient, and the parent, master or guardian ; 
the title and price of each book, and the date of the delivery ; 
and shall furnish a copy of such record, when requested by 
the Executive Committee, or by the City Clerk, for the use 
of the City Assessors. 

Sec. 4. Whenever any books shall be recommended by a 
Visiting Committee for use in the schools under its charge, 
<v such recommendation shall not be acted on at the meeting of 
the Board at which it is made, but shall be in order at the 
next meeting at which a quorum is present ; and no change 
shall be made in any of the books used in the school, without 
the consent of a majority of the whole Board. a 

a Stat. 1863, Chap. 126. 



BEGULATIONS OF THE SCHOOLS. 



CHAPTER L 

PRIMARY SCHOOLS. 

Section 1. The Primary Schools shall receive such chil- 
dren, of not less than five years of age, as are not qualified 1 
to enter a higher school, and shall be devoted to elementary / \r 
instruction in Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, Geo- 
graphy, Vocal Music, and Drawing. 

Sec. 2. Each Primary School shall be divided into two or 
more departments of different grades, the higher departments 
to be devoted to more thorough and practical instruction in 
the various studies pursued, having special regard to the 
requirements prescribed for admission to the Grammar 
Schools. 

Sec. 3. Pupils shall be transferred from the lower to the 
higher departments at the commencement of the school year, 
and at such other times as may seem expedient, under the 
direction of the Superintendent of Schools. 

Sec. 4. Each of these Schools shall receive pupils of both 
sexes, except that those occupying the same building with 
Grammar Schools composed of pupils of one sex, shall receive 
pupils of that sex only. 

Sec. 5. Each School shall be under the care of a female ) 
Principal, with such number of female assistants as the 
Board may, at any time, consider necessary. 



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CHAPTER II. 

GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. 

Section 1. The Grammar Schools shall be devoted to 
instruction in Spelling, Reading, Writing, English Gram- 
mar, Composition, Arithmetic, Geography, History of the 
United States, and Good Behavior. The elements of Geom- 
etry, Book-keeping, Physiology, Drawing, and Vocal Music, 
may be taught at the option of the Visiting Committee. 

Sec 2. The Phillips, Hacker, Pickering, Browne, and 
Epes Schools shall each be under the care of a male Princi- 
pal. The last three shall receive both boys and girls ; the 
first two shall receive boys only. The Bentley and Higgin- 
son Schools shall each be under the care of a female Prin- 
cipal, and shall receive girls only. 

Sec. 3. To each School shall be assigned such number 
of female assistants as the Board may deem necessary One ] v^ 
assistant in each school may be designated as Sub-Principal. 

Sec. 4. For admission into these Schools, candidates shall 
be required to read easy prose correctly and readily, to dis- 
tinguish by name the several marks of Punctuation, and to 
know their signification and uses ; to write from dictation, 
common words of not more than three syllables, and short 
sentences, legibly and correctly ; to answer promptly simple 
questions in the Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and 
Division of abstract numbers ; to perform mental operations 
in Arithmetic similar to those contained in the first six 
sections of Colburn's First Lessons; to write, from dictation, 
numbers not exceeding ten millions, and to add, subtract, 
and multiply, (when the multiplier does not exceed ten,) by 
the usual methods of written arithmetic ; to understand the 
use of the Roman Numerals ; and to pass a satisfactory 
examination in elementary Geography. And no pupil who 
does not possess these qualifications, shall be admitted into 
any Grammar school, except by permission of the Superin- 
tendent of Schools. 

The examination of candidates for admission, shall be con- 



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ducted by the Principals of the respective Grammar Schools, 
in such manner as the Superintendent of Schools may direct, 
and shall take place on the first Monday in September ; but 
applicants who were unable to attend the regular examina- 
tion, and are qualified to join one of the classes, may be 
admitted at any other time. 

Sec. 5. Pupils in the first and second classes of the Gram- 
mar Schools, shall be furnished at least once a month, with 
an abstract of the record of their standing in studies and 
deportment, which shall be made up by the teacher in accord- 
ance with a form to be prescribed by the Superintendent of 
Schools. 

Sec. 6. The Superintendent of Schools shall appoint 
Examinations of the several Grammar Schools during 
the last month of each school year ; and shall cause a 
notice of the time and place of each examination to be given 
to every member of the Board. It shall be the duty of the 
Special Committee of each School to attend said examina- 
tion. 



CHAPTER III. 

THE HIGH SCHOOL. 

Section 1. The High School shall be devoted to the in- 
struction of pupils of both sexes, in the higher Mathematics, 
Natural History, General History, the Languages and Phil- 
osophy. 

Sec. *2. The plan of instruction in these branches, shall 
involve and include three co-ordinate Departments ; the En- 
glish Department for male pupils, the English Department 
for female pupils, and the Classical Department. These 
shall be formed into one High School, as follows : 

I. The Departments shall each be divided into four forms, 
to be called respectively, the first, second, third and fourth 
forms. 

II. The first forms in the three Departments shall consti- 
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Class, the third forms, the second Middle Class, the fourth 
forms, the Senior Class. 

Sec. 3. Admission to the Junior Class shall be upon the 
following conditions ; Candidates must be at least twelve 
years of age ; must present written certificates of good moral 
character, and of creditable rank from their last teacher ; 
and must obtain upon an examination in Spelling, Reading, 
Geography, United States History, English Grammar and 
Arithmetic, such an average of excellence as the Superin- 
tendent of Schools in consultation with the Master, may 
from year to year establish as the minimum for admission. 

The examination shall be held, under the direction of the 
Master, on the first Monday of September, and there shall 
be a supplementary examination on ihejaext Thursday, for 
the benefit of such candidates as may in the judgment of the 
Superintendent of Schools and the Master, deserve a second 
trial. 

Sec. 4. Promotion from one form or class to another, in 
either Department, shall be made in ordinary cases, at the 
end of the school year. It shall be regulated by comparing 
the excellence attained by the pupils severally, in recitations 
and examinations, daring the year, with a minimum which 
the Superintendent of Schools shall fix, all being promoted 
Avhose average is not below this minimum, and no .others. 
This minimum shall in no case exceed two-thirds of the 
maximum of excellence. 

In special cases, the Superintendent of Schools, with the 
consent of the Master, may promote a pupil in a specific 
study or studies, and no others, provided it may be done 
without interfering with the general arrangement of the 
School, or its time. 

Sec. 5. All pupils who shall have duly passed through 
the four forms of either of the departments, in accordance 
with the provision of Sec 4 — and shall have maintained 
during the fourth year an average of excellence not less than 
a minimum fixed by the Superintendent of Schools as pre- 
scribed in Sec. 4, shall be entitled to a Diploma to be called 
the Diploma of the High School. 



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Sec. 6. The Course of Study shall embrace the following 
particulars, in the several Departments, named in Sec. 1 : — 

Mathematics. Higher Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Alge- 
bra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Surveying. 

Natural Science. Xatural Philosophy, Chemistry, Phy- 
siology, Physical Geography, Botany, and Music. 

General History. Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern His- 
tory. The U. S. Constitution. Outline of the plan of His- 
tory. 

Languages. Latin, — Elements of Prose, complete, and 
minor elements of Poetry. 

Greek. — Elements of Prose and Poetry. 
French, — Elements of the Language. 
English, — Etymology, Analysis, History of 
the Language, Prosody, Rhetoric, and exercises in Composi- 
tion. 

Philosophy. First principles of Logic, Psychology, and 
Morals. 

The course in the Classical Department shall comprise 
substantially all the foregoing branches — but pupils intend- 
ing to enter College shall not be required to study any of 
them, except such as shall be included among the studies re- 
quired for admission to Harvard College. Pupils not intend- 
ing to enter College shall not be required to study Greek, 
although taking the course in the Classical Department. 

In the English Department no pupil shall be compelled to 
stud}' more than one language in addition to English, and 
choice between Latin and French shall be allowed. 

The following studies shall be pursued by the Senior Class, 
and shall not be required of any other Class, viz : Higher 
Algebra, Outline of the plan of History, Physical Geogra- 
phy, Rhetoric, and the entire course of Philosophy. Other 
Lan2;uaores mav be pursued bv the Senior Class, with the 
consent of the Superintendent of Schools, but no pupil shall 
be required to pursue them. 

Specific branches in either Course may be omitted or re- 
placed by others, upon application of the parent or guardian 



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of any pupil with the written consent of the Master, in those 
cases only where it may be allowed without disturbing the 
general arrangement of the School and its duties. 

Sec. 7. Candidates may be admitted to classes higher 
than the first, upon the same general terms as to the first, 
provided they pass an examination equivalent to that re- 
quired for promotion to those classes. 

Sec. 8. All pupils admitted shall be regarded as on pro- 
bation for the space of three months, after which, if their I V 
deportment and proficiency are approved, they shall be duly 
enrolled on the Register of the School. 

Sec. 9. There shall be two examinations each year, in 
addition to the examination for admission. The first shall 
occur, as nearly as may be, at the expiration of the first half 
year of actual School time, and the second during the week 
preceding the Summer Vacation. 

Sec 10. The Officers of the High School shall be a Mas- 
ter, a Sub-Master, a First Assistant, and such other assistants 
as may from time to time be authorized by the Board. 

Sec. 11. The Master, under the direction of the Superin- 
tendent of Schools, shall control the plan of the School, in 
respect to discipline and the order of studies, and shall 
regulate the classification and promotion of pupils. He shall 
form and arrange the plan of exercises from term to term, 
and shall assign the duties of the Sub-Master, and of each 
Assistant. He shall have personal charge of the English 
Department for Male Pupils, but may temporarily transfer 
the charge of this — may assume that of either of the other 
departments, and shall, so far as may be, reserve a portion 
of his time, in each session, for the general business of the 
School, apart from teaching. 

Sec. 12. The Sub-Master, under the direction of the Mas- 
ter, shall have personal charge of the Classical Department, 
but this section shall not be construed to forbid the teaching 
of Latin to any pupils by one of the Assistants, at the dis- 
cretion of the Master. 

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Master, shall have personal charge of the English Depart- 
ment for Female Pupils, and be responsible for its order, but 
this section shall not "be construed to forbid a temporary J 
transfer of this charge to any other officer, or the reference 
of cases of discipline to the Master. 

Sec. 14. The Assistants shall perform all duties assigned 
to such officers in Section 8 of Chapter V. of these Regula- 
tions, so far as the same is applicable, excepting that, when 
necessary, either of them may be placed by the Master in ^ 
charge of either of the Halls, and shall then be responsible 
for its good order. In all cases of importance, they shall 
refer the subject of discipline immediately to the First 
Assistant or to the Master, as the case may require. 

Sec. 15. Prize Medals, purchased with the income of the 
legacy of the late George Andrews, Esquire, and to be called 
the '- Andrews Medal," shall be awarded to such pupils of 
the senior class of the School, from 3<ear to year, upon their 
graduation, as shall have distinguished themselves during 
their course, "not for scholarship merely, but for faithful m 

effort and correct deportment." Prizes of standard Books 
purchased with the same fund and to be called the 
" Andrews Prizes," shall also be awarded to those pupils of 
the second middle class, from year to year, who shall have 
been similarly distinguished. Such medals and prizes shall 
be awarded by the First Visiting Committee, after consulta- 
tion with the Superintendent of Schools, the Master, and 
the First Assistant of the School, to so many of the pupils 
of each of said classes respectively, and of both sexes, as 
shall in their judgment be fairly entitled thereto. And for 
these purposes the Chairman of the First Visiting Commit- 
tee for the time being shall be authorized to draw the interest 
of the Andrews Fund, or so much of it as shall be necessary, 
from the City Treasurer. 

It shall be the duty of the First Visiting Committee to 
report to the Board the names of the pupils to whom medals 
of prizes are awarded, that they may be recorded. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

ARRANGEMENT OF SCHOOL TIME. 

Section 1. The School Year shall be divided into two 
terms, the first commencing on the first Monday of Septem- 
ber, and concluding on the Saturday preceding the first 
Monday in March ; the second commencing on the first Mon- 
day in March, and concluding on the Saturday preceding 
the first Monday in September. 

Sec. 2. From April 1st to October 1st, except as provided 
in Section 11, the school exercises shall commence in the 
forenoon at 8 o'clock and conclude at 11 o'clock. From 
October 1st to April 1st, they shall commence at 9 o'clock 
and conclude at 12 o'clock. The afternoon exercises shall 
commence at 2 o'clock and conclude at 5 o'clock throughout 
the year, except between November 1st and February 1st, 
when they shall conclude at 4 o'clock, the recess being 
omitted. 

Sec. 3. The Regular Vacations,' except as provided in 
Section 11^ shall be as follows, viz .—The week commencing 
with the first Monday in March ; the week including the last 
Wednesday of May ; fiye^freek s preceding the first Monday 
in September ; and the week including the Annual Thanks- 
giving Day. 

Sec. 4. The following Holidays shall be allowed, viz : — 
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons, New Year's Day, May 
Day, and all legal holidays. 

Sec. "5. No other than the regular Vacations and Holidays 
shall be allowed, except that the Chairman may, upon special 
occasions, close the schools for a part, or the whole, of a day ; 
provided, also, that each school may, for reasons peculiar to 
itself, be dismissed by order of the Superintendent of 
Schools, for two half days in each semi-annual term, and 
not oftener. 

Sec. 6. Teachers shall in no case suspend or abridge the 
ordinary sessions, except for extraordinary and imperative 
reasons, affecting the health or safety of their pupils. 



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Sec. 7. There shall be a recess of fifteen minutes in the 
course of each half day's session of the schools, except as I. / 
provided in Section 2, and no pupil shall be deprived of more f ^ 
than two-thirds thereof, unless for habitual misconduct at 
recess. 

Sec. 8. Whenever it shall seem proper on account of 
extreme severity of the weather, the Principal of any school 
may hold but one session, to continue for four and one half 
hours, instead of the two usual sessions of the day. 

Sec. 9. In each school all the teachers thereof shall be 
present, the doors shall be opened, and the pupils permitted 
to take their seats, at least ten minutes before the time fixed 
for commencing the exercises, but no pupil shall be compelled 
to be present before the hour fixed by these regulations. 

Sec. 10. Teachers are authorized to detain their pupils 
beyond the regular school hours, for the purpose of discipline, /w 
or of additional instruction, especially in the case of omitted 
or imperfect lessons. 

Sec. 11. The High School shall hold single daily sessions, ij 
commencing, from March 1st to November 1st, at 8 o'clock / 
A. M., and for the remainder of the year at 8J o'clock A.M.J 
and closing at 1 o'clock P. M., throughout the year. Its 
Summer Vacation shall comprise the six weeks preceding 
the first Monday in September ; and its Teachers may require 
the attendance of pupils at such hours in the afternoon as 
they may appoint, whenever, under the provisions of Section 
10, any considerable detention becomes necessary. 

CHAPTER V. 

DISCIPLINE OF SCHOOLS AND DUTIES OF TEACHERS. 

Section 1. The discipline to be maintained in the schools, 
shall be such as is exercised by a kind, judicious, and faith- 
ful parent in his family ; and corporal punishment shall be I 
avoided, except in extreme cases. 

Sec. 2. Teachers shall have constant regard to the health, 
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shall encourage and enforce habits of neatness and cleanli- 
' ness. Some physical exercise shall be introduced in the 
course of each session. During inclement weather, the 
pupils shall be permitted at recess to take such exercise and 
recreation as may be practicable within the school-buildings. 
Particular care shall be. taken at all times that the rooms are 
properly ventilated. 

Any pupil who may be exposed to the influence of any 
contagious disease and whose presence at school would there- 
fore endanger the health of others, shall be suspended from 
school so long as ma}- be necessary. No child shall be ad- 
mitted into, or allowed to remain in any school, without a 
certificate from a physician, or other satisfactory evidence, 
that such child has been duly vaccinated. 

Sec. 3. Pupils attending the Primary Schools shall not be 
required by the teachers to study any lesson or perform any 
task out of school, except in cases of culpable neglect of such 
lesson or task during school hours. 

Sec. 4. For violent or continued opposition to authority, 
or for setting at defiance any of the regulations, the Princi- 
pal may exclude a scholar, for the time being, from school, 
and report the case forthwith to the Superintendent of 
Schools, for advice and direction, at the same time giving 
notice of such exclusion to the parent or guardian. 

In such cases, and whenever the example of any pupil is 
very injurious, the Superintendent shall have power, if 
such course appears to him to be required by the circum- 
stances, to suspend such pupil from the school, and to re- 
port his action to the Board at its next meeting. But any 
child under suspension, who shall express regret for his fault 
as fully as in opinion of the Superintendent, the nature of 
the case may require, shall give satisfactory evidence of 
amendment, and whose parents or guardians shall promise 
their cooperation in the due enforcement of all the Regula- 
tions, shall, with the previous consent of the Superinten- 
dent be reinstated in the privileges of the school. No pupil 
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Sec. 5. In every case of absence or tardiness, a written \/ 
excuse or personal explanation, stating the cause thereof, 
shall be required of the parent, master, or guardian. 

Sec. 6. No pupil shall attend school in any district other 
than that in which his parent or guardian resides, except 1 jS 
upon vote of the Board in special cases. But if a pupil, at- * 
tending school in one district, shall remove to another, he 
shall be permitted to continue in such school until the close 
of the School year. 

When a pupil is transferred from one School to another of 
the same grade, a certificate shall be furnished by the Prin- 
cipal of the School which such pupil has attended, stating 
the cause of the transfer and the standing of the pupil ; and 
upon the presentation of such certificate, countersigned by 
the Superintendent of Schools, such scholar shall be received 
into the School to which he has been transferred, and 
admitted to such standing as he may be able to sustain. 
No pupil shall be admitted to the privileges of one School 
who has been expelled from another, or while under sentence 
of suspension, unless by a vote of the Board. 

Sec. 7. Teachers shall have a general oversight of the i 
school-houses, out-buildings, and grounds, and shall give J ~ 
immediate notice to the Superintendent of Schools, whenever ' 
any injuries have been committed, or repairs are needed.'. 
The pupils shall be held responsible for any damage they 
may do to the school-buildings or grounds. 

Sec. 8. The Principals of the several Schools shall, in 
addition to the duties of instruction in their special depart- 
ments, maintain a general oversight of their Schools ; shall 
assign to each assistant such duties as may seem proper ; shall 
regulate the classification and promotion of the pupils, and 
assign the studies and other exercises of the several classes ;' 
and shall examine all the classes as often as practicable. 
They shall keep the Superintendent of Schools fully informed 
of all matters affecting the character and welfare of their 
Schools ; shall afford every facility for the purpose of exam- 
ination ; and shall lend such assistance to the Superintend- 






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ent in the performance of his official duties as may incident- 
ally he in their power. 

The Sub-Principals and Assistants in each School shall be 
under the direction of the Principal, with whom they shall 
co-operate in all things pertaining to discipline and instruc- 
tion. They shall be responsible for the order and instruction 
of their respective divisions, and shall discipline their own 
pupils except in extreme cases. 

Sec. 9. To promote the well-being of their pupils, it 
shall be the duty of the Teachers, as far as it is practicable, 
to exercise a general superintendence over them, as well 
out of School a , as within its walls. 

Sec. 10. In every school the Register prescribed by the 
law of the Commonwealth shall be faithfully kept, together 
with such other records as may be prescribed by the Superin- 
tendent of Schools. 

Sec. 11. In every School a record shall be kept of all 
cases of corporal punishment ; and such record shall be sub- 
mitted to the Superintendent of Schools at the end of each 
quarter, when it shall be destroyed. 

Sec. 12. At the close of each term the Principal of each 
school shall carefully fill up a Return, of which a blank form 
shall be furnished by the Superintendent of Schools, and 
shall deliver the same to the Superintendent, on or before 
the day immediately succeeding the close of each term. 

Sec. 13. The morning exercises, in all the schools, shall 
commence with the reading by the teacher of some portion 
of the Bible, without written note or oral comment : but no 
scholar shall be required to read from any particular version, 
whose parent or guardian shall declare that he has conscien- 
tious scruples against allowing him to read therefrom. b 

Sec. 14. No teacher shall be absent during school hours, 
except with the approbation of the Special Committee of the 
School. 

Any teacher who is necessarily absent from duty, shall 

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give immediate notice to the Superintendent of Schools, in 
order that a substitute may be employed, if necessary. 
Teachers shall in no case appoint substitutes. 

Sec. 15. No person shall, within the school buildings or 
grounds, and no teacher shall, at any time, sell any book, or 
other article, to any pupil of the Public Schools. 

Sec. 16. No person shall, without the permission of the 
Superintendent of Schools, enter any school to read or 
distribute any advertisement, or to give notice in any way, 
to the pupils of any School, of books or other articles for 
sale, or of any public exhibition or performance; or enter 
any School to exhibit either to teacher or pupil, any new 
book or article of apparatus, or to address the School in 
reference to the same ; nor shall subscriptions or contribu- 
tions, for any purpose whatever, be permitted in any public 
School, except by permission of the Superintendent of 
Schools. 

Sec. 17. No text book shall be used in any School, unless 
directed or allowed to be used by a vote of the Board. 

Sec. 18. No teacher shall, in any manner, or upon any 
pretext, by reading or by oral teaching, inculcate or advo- 
cate, to his or her pupils, the doctrines of any political party 
or religious sect : — nor shall any teacher in school read to his 
or her pupils, any book, pamphlet, newspaper, or article, in 
which the peculiar or distinctive views of any portion of 
community either upon public affairs or religion, are made 
the subject of open or covert attack, or ridicule. 






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APPENDIX 



COPY OF CITY ORDINANCE RESPECTING THE OFFICE OF SUPERIN- 
TENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 



An Ordinance to provide for the Appointment and to determine 
the Salary of Superintendent of Public Schools. 

CITY OF SALEM. 

In the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-Jive. 

Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Salem . 

Section 1. The School Committee are hereby empo\^ered 
and required annually, to appoint a Superintendent of 
Public Schools, who, under the direction and control of said 
Committee, shall have the care and supervision of the 
schools, agreeably to the Provisions of the thirty-fifth section 
of Chapter thirty-eight of the General Statutes and all acts 
in addition thereto. 

Section 2. The salary of said Superintendent shall be two 
thousand dollars per annum payable at the same times and 
in the same manner as the salaries of other municipal officers 
are paid. 

(Passed Dec. 29, 1865.) 




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